. LO1.4 One benefit of ICD-10-CMs use of more detailed medical terminology is: a. A more documentable diagnosis. b. Less work for coders. c. Greater specificity to describe conditions. d. More work for physicians.
The International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is defined as the medical coding reference guidelines, created by the U.S. Federal Government's Department of Heath and Human Services.
The ICD-10-CM play a major role classifying the diagnoses and diseases with the help of WHO's ICD-10 which is a statistical classification of disease. They contains standard set of transaction code that helps in diagnosis and tracking the health care statistics, outcomes, billing and mortality statistics.
ICD- 10-CM system consists of diagnosis coding which provides accurate and specific updated diagnostic procedure codes in order to improve the health care cost and reimbursement policies. These codes help the healthcare providers to diagnose the disease condition of the patient immediately and can provide precise and effective disease management program. Thus, ICD-10-CM has greater specificity in order to describe the disease condition.
Thus option C is correct.
The option a, b and d are incorrect because, coders and healthcare providers play a major role in diagnosing the disease condition and since the codes are present readily there will no much work in documenting the diagnosis.
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